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Camika Royal drew on her relationships with Philadelphia educators in her new book examining the history of the city school district over half a century.
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Camika Royal drew on her relationships with Philadelphia educators in her new book examining the history of the city school district over half a century.
JF Not counting this one, we've posted eighteen twelve times on the black-on-Asian attacks that have been reported recently, all in the month of February...which is not over yet. When I say they've been "reported", of course, there's been a lot of "reporting" blaming it on Trump, who called out the Government of China over a virus that has now killed half a million American of all races, but really, blacks have been attacking Asians as long as I've been alive. Immigrant Asians are frequently poor enough to have to live near blacks, and Asians frequently operate small stores in black neighbor...
13 hours ago “What happened in my high school experience was a very important moment for me to change my mind about what new immigrants can do to change our lives, change our community,” Chen said. Going to school in fear When they arrived in this country, Tong and Chen landed in the peculiar institution of the American neighborhood urban high school, where the most vulnerable children often are concentrated together and then denied what they need to thrive. New immigrants from all over the world interact with students from marginalized groups who have their own history of oppression. At ...
Megyn: "kelly's court" is back in session. double dipping on the taxpayers' dime. arlene ackerman was brought in personally by the governor and mayor to lead the city's school reform initiative. but things went south after three years. so the city bought her out of that contract to the tune of $900,000, plus sick and personal time. no sooner than she said good-bye, she hopped on the unemployment line and filed for benefits. here is one man's reactions. >> she applied for unemployment. >> that doesn't surprise me. megyn: joining me now mark eiglarsh and gill -- and kimberly guilfoyle.
She has been made hole. >> double compensated. megyn: why can't she be forced to wait for unemployment. >> that's what -- me first? listen, that's what i would want her to do if i'm a citizen looking at this in this city that's cash strapped. but here is the analysis. is there anything that precludes her from doing this and taking what is legally hers? the answer is no. >> dr. ackerman broke the bank of the school district and she should be preclude from serving double compensation to the end of that 2-year period. that's the right thing. we are here say shame on her. she shouldn't do it. she ...